Dartmouth vs. Penn

willywonka
Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:21:43 +0000

neo, the D-plan is the calendar system (quarters) that operates at Dartmouth. It requires students to be on campus for F W Sp of first and fourth year, and Summer of the sophomore year. Beyond that, you can arrange your own leave periods, internship periods, study-abroad quarters, etc. You can arrange stuff like that at every school, presumably, but Dartmouth makes it so much easier.

I prefer Dartmouth. Both are great schools, but it comes down to size and location for me. I love Philadelphia, but I think that Swarthmore has the ideal location out of all of the schools in the city. University Park is kind of shady. Concrete jungles have their own appeal (city life would rule) but I have a feeling I’ll be living in a city for the rest of my life after college. Hanover seems like a perfect place to go to college. Plus, Dartmouth is closer to the LAC feel that I want so much. Naturally, though, when you compare a school with 4,000 undergrads and not many grads to a school with 9,000 undergrads and a stronger/bigger grad program.

Plus, Dartmouth green is the best color in the world.